Mountain tt's are one of his strengths. And lets face it who can challenge him.The main contender is getting old as well and even with the problems of this year he still won. And Ullrich hasn't got much more, if any to give. I would like to see him win.

Every year the organisers make changes to try and negate Lance's strengths. The fact is he is still the best all round cyclist - that's why he wins every year and I can't see him failing in '04. As he says himself, he doesn't turn up to finish second (or words to that effect).

My money is on Tyler Hamilton - it was last year too and who's to say that w/out that crash on day one that he wouldn;t have been challenging overall. BUT, Ullrich is a good bet too - i'd put Lance 3rd. BUT don;t forget Vinc, Beloki et al. Potentially even better than last year!

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